31. Babylon, you should be named,“The Proud One”.But the time has come when I,the Lord All-Powerful,will punish you.
32. You are proud,but you will stumble and fall,and no one will help you up.I will set your villages on fire,and everything around youwill go up in flames.
33. You Babylonians were cruelto Israel and Judah.You took them captive, and nowyou refuse to let them go.
34. But I, the Lord All-Powerful,will rescue and protect them.I will bring peace to their landand trouble to yours.
35. I have declared war on you,your officials, and advisers.
36. This war will provethat your prophetsare liars and fools.And it will frightenyour warriors.
37. Then your chariot horsesand the foreigners in your armywill refuse to go into battle,and the enemy will carry awayeverything you treasure.
38. Your rivers and canalswill dry up.All this will happen,because your landis full of idols,and they have made foolsof you.
39. Never again will people livein your land—only desert animals, jackals,and unclean birds.